DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 25.9 - - 32.6 - - 35.2 - - 30.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 18 - - -23 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 537 - - 419 - - 46 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1426 - - 1308 - - 935 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 693 - - 1935 - - 5850 - - 2898 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 71 - - 82 - - 22 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 14 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 234 - - 247 - - 255 - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 233 - - 373 - - -870 - - -108 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1193 - - 935 - - 1805 - - 1043 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4510 - - 93 - - -1497 - - -1309 ODpotential blCL - - - 5936 - - 1215 - - 2432 - - 2244 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 60 - - 80 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.9 - - 32.6 - - 35.2 - - 30.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.8 - - 31.8 - - 30.4 - - 29.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 26.1 - - 32.7 - - 36.1 - - 32.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.5 - - 31.5 - - 29.7 - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 18 - - -23 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 537 - - 419 - - 46 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 102 - - 99 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96017 30 025 37 344 39 011 23 020 96017 89206 22 012 24 356 25 009 23 011 89206 83807 21 357 12 017 15 357 25 000 83807 79224 12 331 5 087 15 345 19 349 79224 75212 13 321 6 107 14 310 18 321 75212 71628 14 298 4 005 13 275 22 310 71628 68351 13 296 8 332 12 251 21 290 68351 65309 16 295 13 318 12 257 17 273 65309 62466 21 288 19 293 15 287 13 275 62466 59688 24 275 22 270 23 287 14 276 59688 56776 22 272 22 256 23 281 20 254 56776 53741 24 276 27 260 31 272 22 261 53741 50823 32 263 44 256 39 263 34 269 50823 48186 35 256 47 246 48 249 48 255 48186 45831 37 257 43 241 44 242 46 241 45831 43704 35 255 36 252 34 248 40 244 43704 41754 36 261 42 264 44 261 43 253 41754 39952 47 259 53 254 55 254 48 252 39952 38282 50 251 59 242 57 251 52 249 38282 36734 46 252 52 236 53 249 52 247 36734 35294 44 257 44 243 46 244 51 247 35294 33917 47 260 43 253 40 246 51 246 33917 32537 53 263 44 264 40 256 46 242 32537 31131 59 261 55 266 46 257 41 241 31131 29706 59 255 59 260 51 248 41 245 29706 28250 54 247 59 256 53 246 41 243 28250 26747 53 245 60 258 53 249 36 243 26747 25195 58 246 63 260 53 255 29 253 25195 23584 62 244 65 256 50 257 29 256 23584 21909 67 242 62 254 49 257 32 255 21909 20168 66 242 56 255 48 261 35 251 20168 18354 55 241 51 258 48 268 36 252 18354 16461 50 241 47 251 47 272 36 252 16461 14536 39 251 40 251 43 272 33 255 14536 12688 29 263 32 260 32 273 29 252 12688 11012 30 262 26 265 27 274 30 243 11012 9525 28 266 24 264 27 272 25 239 9525 8202 27 280 24 263 32 272 26 238 8202 7026 27 286 23 267 31 275 28 240 7026 5980 28 284 23 272 28 275 29 244 5980 5052 29 279 24 274 27 273 28 252 5052 4232 28 283 26 272 27 270 28 260 4232 3507 27 289 27 268 26 266 28 267 3507 2857 27 286 27 263 25 263 28 269 2857 2282 24 271 25 258 25 261 27 268 2282 1801 22*248 22 253 23 260 24 266 1801 1432 18*237 18*249 21 258 21 262 1432 1177 16 234 16*247 18 256 16 258 1177 1023 14 232 14 247 16*256 14*256 1023 935 10 231 10 246 11*255 8*253 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography